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Re: print style sheets (Re: Welcome to the WebAIM Discus sion List)

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Feb 4, 2005 8:54AM

> One of us is missing something here - what I mean is that on certain
> sites I
> always click on the 'Print Version' button as soon as the page loads,
> not
> that I link to that page.

Well, then the ads load, right?

> I presume that if you implemented a block like you suggested, you
> would make
> the 'normal' page load instead of the print version, so there would
> then be
> nothing stopping the user clicking the 'Print Version' button at that
> point.

If the concern is getting ad impressions, then yes, that was what my
suggestion was for. All links from outside the site go to the 'screen'
version, thereby showing the ads, and from there, the visitor can click on
the print version.

I'm not a fan of this, but I'm just saying that if ad impressions are
important, it's one way to make sure they remain.

-Darrel